Jury Pool Profile

Nez Perce County, Idaho

Republican +39 (2024)

Population: 42,477
Median household income: $71,466
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 37,533 88.4%
Black or African American alone 43 0.1%
Asian alone 366 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,911 4.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 130 0.3%
Some other race alone 326 0.8%
Two or more races 2,168 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,813 4.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.9

Under 18 9,093 21.4%
18–24 3,654 8.6%
25–44 10,244 24.1%
45–64 10,753 25.3%
65 and over 8,733 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.1B; 2.38% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,589
Establishments: 1,530

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 5,241 23.9%
Manufacturing 4,152 18.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,844 17.5%
Leisure & hospitality 2,203 10.0%
Public administration 1,695 7.7%
Financial activities 1,341 6.1%
Construction 1,134 5.2%
Professional & business services 1,133 5.2%
Other services 638 2.9%
Information 325 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 261 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.2%
Median gross rent: $936
Owner-occupied: 12,451
Renter-occupied: 4,799

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 20,132 votes cast

Republican 13,707 68.1%
Democratic 5,928 29.4%
Other / third-party 497 2.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 627 1.6%
Other 201 0.5%
Other Indo-European 127 0.3%
Chinese 120 0.3%
German 118 0.3%
Slavic languages 93 0.2%
Tagalog 56 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 40 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 14 0.0%
Vietnamese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 17,250
Family households: 11,009; 63.8% of households
Married w/ children: 8,210
Single-mother households: 955
Veterans: 2,844; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,051 19.1%
Catholic 7,626 18.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,940 4.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,187 2.8%
Black Protestant 150 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.2%
With a disability: 17.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial District Court
Judges: 3 (District Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); magistrate judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 isc.idaho.gov per-district directory.)
Court seats: Grangeville, Lewiston, Moscow, Nezperce, Orofino

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Idaho statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 20.97 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023